“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society‚ and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. “ –A. Bartlett Giamatti My liberal education experience has been limited thus far in my college career as I have had the Liberal Studies major for merely a semester. Although I have had one liberal studies class my opinion on what a liberal education is and can be for a student has greatly changed in a single semester. I transferred to Grand Valley after completing my general
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“Develop a passion for learning. If you do‚ you will never cease to grow.” I have such a strong passion for receiving my masters in special education because I thrive to learn more and to possess the knowledge and information to educate people about things they may not know. It is my hope to use this passion to achieve success in not only my career‚ but in my personal life as well. Teachers and school districts‚ now more than ever before‚ have such a commitment and responsibility to teaching
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Personal Academic Goals Life is a continual learning process‚ which requires a strong method to develop better ways of apprenticeship. Personally‚ being able to obtain a higher education gives me an opportunity to be better in many ways. Everyone should have any personal goals in life in order to survive‚ prosper and succeed in every journey that life gives. As for me‚ being a University of Phoenix student‚ I hope to achieve all of my goals on which I have been trying to pursue and obtain through
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The Special Recipe The smell of fresh baked cookies and homemade buns rolled through the air. At that moment when I walked in my grandma’s house I knew she was making cookies and her homemade buns. Which were the best things in the world and will always be the best thing in the world. Ever since I was a little boy and I used to go my grandma’s for daycare she would make cookies and buns for my brother and I all the time. We would come home from school and go to her house until my parents were done
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GUIDELINES FOR THE PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION STATEMENT Definitions A statement of personal philosophy of education is a reflective piece‚ generally 1-2 pages long that summarizes your core educational beliefs (your core beliefs about the purpose‚ process‚ nature‚ and ideals of education). Since the statement of philosophy also serves as a writing sample‚ it must demonstrate mastery of spelling‚ grammar and other rules of written English. (For the purposes of this course‚ your statement
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At this point in my professional career‚ I feel I have exhausted almost every possible path of promotion and opportunity at my current academic level. It has always been my goal to obtain an advanced degree and licensure in counseling. However‚ being a working single parent‚ I decided it was better to prolong my entrance into graduate school to allow my two younger children to have as much of my time and attention as possible to devote toward their growth and development. During this time‚ I have
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the literature is that many special education teachers leave the field because of the feeling of emptiness when they realize that they had false dream about teaching. Andrew and Brown (2015) explain that the unrealistic expectations of special education teachers is a behavior driven issue that the social cognitive theory play a role in. The psychologist‚ Albert Bandura believed that not only did behavior play a role in the unrealistic expectations of special education teachers the environment did
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Life is like a long road with many diversions. When an infant is born‚ most likely his or her parents have high hopes and aspirations for the child and want to plan his or her life in as much detail as they can. At that point‚ the infant’s life is full of hope and unlimited possibilities. But as the child grows up‚ he or she selects from among these choices. We often see that a child is playing pretend when he or she wants to emulate Mum‚ Dad or an aunt or uncle in acting out their profession in
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The following essay is a reflection on the role of the teacher in the life-long learning sector and evaluation of my role in it‚ and secondly the importance of engaging with continuous professional development and a comparison of theories and models of reflective practice and how they can be applied to my own personal development as a learner. The process I have adopted throughout my teaching is a five stage teacher/training cycle‚ that of identifying needs and planning‚ designing‚ assessing‚ evaluating
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In life‚ we all have goals. My main goals are set based on my academics and then I have my personal goals. If one does not set high standards‚ then what will one have to strive for? At first glance‚ Lampasas looks to be a small-town with nothing to do. Living in Lampasas‚ it is either a huge challenge to be accepted or one of those things that just happens. In Lampasas‚ there aren’t many places to eat‚ a pool or two‚ and just enough gas stations to cover the entire map of Lampasas. Living here as
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